Top 120 Hafez Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, ‘you owe me.’ Look what happens with a love like that! It lights up the whole sky.”

— Hafez

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2. “I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”

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3. “Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.”

— Hafez

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4. “You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.”

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5. “Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.”

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6. “Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.”

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7. “This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.”

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8. “Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly. Let it cut you more deep. Let it ferment and season you as few humans and even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight has made my eyes so soft, my voice so tender, my need for God absolutely clear.”

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9. “Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.”

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10. “Run my dear, from anything that may not strengthen your precious budding wings. Run like hell my dear, from anyone likely to put a sharp knife into the sacred, tender vision of your beautiful heart.”

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11. “The small man builds cages for everyone he knows While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the beautiful rowdy prisoners.”

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12. “I am in love with every church And mosque And temple And any kind of shrine Because I know it is there That people say the different names Of the One God.”

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13. “Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.”

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14. “For I have learned that every heart will get What it prays for Most.”

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15. “Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins that may buy you just a moment of pleasure, But then drag you for days like a broken man behind a farting camel.”

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16. “Listen; this world is the lunatic’s sphere, Don’t always agree it’s real, Even with my feet upon it And the postman knowing my door My address is somewhere else.”

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17. “When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy.”

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18. “An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.”

— Hafez

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19. “Now that all your worry has proved such an unlucrative business. Why not find a better job.”

— Hafez

20. “I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, ‘love lifts me.’”

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21. “Your love Should never be offered to the mouth of a Stranger, Only to someone Who has the valor and daring To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife Then weave them into a blanket To protect you.”

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22. “And the sun and the moon sometimes argue over who will tuck me in at night. If you think I am having more fun than anyone on this planet, you are absolutely correct.”

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23. “Pulling out the chair beneath your mind And watching you fall upon God What else is there for Hafiz to do that is any fun in this world!”

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24. “How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of Light against its being; otherwise we all remain too frightened.”

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25. “Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude for life.”

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26. “I caught the happy virus last night When I was out singing beneath the stars. It is remarkably contagious – So kiss me.”

— Hafez

27. “Come Dance with Me, come dance.”

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28. “The heart is a thousand stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love.”

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29. “Fear is the cheapest room in the house.”

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30. “The sun will stand as your best man And whistle When you have found the courage To marry forgiveness When you have found the courage to marry Love.”

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31. “Light will someday split you open.”

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32. “Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun.”

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33. “Everyone Is God speaking. Why not be polite and Listen to Him?”

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34. “What we speak becomes the house we live in.”

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35. “Laugh because that is the purest sound.”

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36. “I Have Learned so much from God That I can no longer call myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist, a Jew.”

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37. “I am happy even before I have a reason.”

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38. “I am a hole in a flute that the Christ’s breath moves through. Listen to this music.”

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39. “Your separation from God is the hardest work you will ever do.”

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40. “The Earth would die If the sun stopped kissing her.”

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41. “Sing because this is a food our starving world needs. Laugh because that is the purest sound.”

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42. “What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up!”

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43. “When no one is looking, I swallow deserts and clouds and chew on mountains knowing they are sweet bones! When no one is looking and I want to kiss God, I just lift my own hand to my mouth.”

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44. “My dear, Is it true that your mind is sometimes like a battering Ram Running all through the city, Shouting so madly inside and out About the ten thousand things That do not matter?”

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45. “I should not make any promises right now, But I know if you Pray Somewhere in this world – Something good will happen.”

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46. “One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough.”

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47. “Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred.”

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48. “Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.”

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49. “What do sad people have in common? It seems they have all built a shrine to the past and often go there and do a strange wail and worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being so religious like that.”

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50. “It is written on the gate of heaven: Nothing in existence is more powerful than destiny. And destiny brought you here, to this page, which is part of your ticket-as all things are-to return to God.”

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